run protractor fails, Error: Timed out waiting for the WebDriver server

[jackwhit3]

I'm running on a Mac OS X Yosemite v10.10.2.
Resembles #168 , tried with their solution running
./node_modules/.bin/protractor test/protractor-conf.js still does not work.
Also relates to this issue, but the commit doesn't seem to solve.

angular-phonecat@0.0.0 preprotractor /Users/lihsing/Workspace/angular-phonecat
npm run update-webdriver

angular-phonecat@0.0.0 preupdate-webdriver /Users/lihsing/Workspace/angular-phonecat
npm install

angular-phonecat@0.0.0 postinstall /Users/lihsing/Workspace/angular-phonecat
bower install

angular-phonecat@0.0.0 update-webdriver /Users/lihsing/Workspace/angular-phonecat
webdriver-manager update

selenium standalone is up to date.
chromedriver is up to date.

angular-phonecat@0.0.0 protractor /Users/lihsing/Workspace/angular-phonecat
protractor test/protractor-conf.js

Starting selenium standalone server...
[launcher] Running 1 instances of WebDriver
[launcher] Process exited with error code 1
/Users/lihsing/Workspace/angular-phonecat/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/goog/async/nexttick.js:39
goog.global.setTimeout(function() { throw exception; }, 0);
^
Error: Timed out waiting for the WebDriver server at http://192.168.0.102:54508/wd/hub
at Error (native)
at onResponse (/Users/lihsing/Workspace/angular-phonecat/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/http/util.js:87:66)
at /Users/lihsing/Workspace/angular-phonecat/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/http/util.js:42:21
at /Users/lihsing/Workspace/angular-phonecat/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/webdriver/http/http.js:123:5
at ClientRequest. (/Users/lihsing/Workspace/angular-phonecat/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/http/index.js:145:7)
at ClientRequest.emit (events.js:107:17)
at Socket.socketErrorListener (_http_client.js:271:9)
at Socket.emit (events.js:107:17)
at net.js:459:14
at process._tickCallback (node.js:355:11)

npm ERR! Darwin 14.1.0
npm ERR! argv "/Users/lihsing/.nvm/versions/node/v0.12.7/bin/node" "/Users/lihsing/.nvm/versions/node/v0.12.7/bin/npm" "run" "protractor"
npm ERR! node v0.12.7
npm ERR! npm v2.11.3
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! angular-phonecat@0.0.0 protractor: protractor test/protractor-conf.js
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the angular-phonecat@0.0.0 protractor script 'protractor test/protractor-conf.js'.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the angular-phonecat package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR! protractor test/protractor-conf.js
npm ERR! You can get their info via:
npm ERR! npm owner ls angular-phonecat
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.
npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR! /Users/lihsing/Workspace/angular-phonecat/npm-debug.log

npm-debug.log:

0 info it worked if it ends with ok
1 verbose cli [ '/Users/lihsing/.nvm/versions/node/v0.12.7/bin/node',
1 verbose cli '/Users/lihsing/.nvm/versions/node/v0.12.7/bin/npm',
1 verbose cli 'run',
1 verbose cli 'protractor' ]
2 info using npm@2.11.3
3 info using node@v0.12.7
4 verbose run-script [ 'preprotractor', 'protractor', 'postprotractor' ]
5 info preprotractor angular-phonecat@0.0.0
6 verbose unsafe-perm in lifecycle true
7 info protractor angular-phonecat@0.0.0
8 verbose unsafe-perm in lifecycle true
9 info angular-phonecat@0.0.0 Failed to exec protractor script
10 verbose stack Error: angular-phonecat@0.0.0 protractor: protractor test/protractor-conf.js
10 verbose stack Exit status 1
10 verbose stack at EventEmitter. (/Users/lihsing/.nvm/versions/node/v0.12.7/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/lifecycle.js:213:16)
10 verbose stack at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:110:17)
10 verbose stack at ChildProcess. (/Users/lihsing/.nvm/versions/node/v0.12.7/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/spawn.js:24:14)
10 verbose stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:110:17)
10 verbose stack at maybeClose (child_process.js:1015:16)
10 verbose stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:1087:5)
11 verbose pkgid angular-phonecat@0.0.0
12 verbose cwd /Users/lihsing/Workspace/angular-phonecat
13 error Darwin 14.1.0
14 error argv "/Users/lihsing/.nvm/versions/node/v0.12.7/bin/node" "/Users/lihsing/.nvm/versions/node/v0.12.7/bin/npm" "run" "protractor"
15 error node v0.12.7
16 error npm v2.11.3
17 error code ELIFECYCLE
18 error angular-phonecat@0.0.0 protractor: protractor test/protractor-conf.js
18 error Exit status 1
19 error Failed at the angular-phonecat@0.0.0 protractor script 'protractor test/protractor-conf.js'.
19 error This is most likely a problem with the angular-phonecat package,
19 error not with npm itself.
19 error Tell the author that this fails on your system:
19 error protractor test/protractor-conf.js
19 error You can get their info via:
19 error npm owner ls angular-phonecat
19 error There is likely additional logging output above.
20 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

[mikaelperrin]

Hi jackwhit3,
I had the same issue when using protractor. This seems to be caused by selenium-server-standalone-2.47.1.jar
I solved it for now by downloading selenium-server-standalone-2.46.0.jar to replace the problematic one. I then modified the requiered version number in config.json to prevent it from upgrading and then I ran protractor using ./node_modules/.bin/protractor test/protractor-conf.js

[jackwhit3]

Hi @hellrider42 ,
After updating Java, I followed @Alecsandre 's solution at #230 and it worked for me.
I removed chromeOnly: true and added directConnect: true in test/protractor-conf.js.
The version of .jar file doesn't matter I think, I had older version and still worked after I changed.

[mikaelperrin]

I made it work with your solution indeed, thanks.

[santiagos11]

I can confirm that @jackwhit3 's solutions. However, I still want to make it work without using the direct connect option. What is causing this error?

[wojciechpe]

@Alecsandre 's solution at #230 worked for me in Windows 10 64b

[srokatonie]

@jackwhit3

I removed chromeOnly: true and added directConnect: true in test/protractor-conf.js.

Helped!

[albertopiras]

@jackwhit3

I removed chromeOnly: true and added directConnect: true in test/protractor-conf.js.

It works! thanks

[jeongl]

OMG - after losing my night trying to get this stupid test to run, @jackwhit3 's solution worked. Thanks so much!

[Sheeryada]

@jackwhit3 Thanks a lot. your solution solved my issue.

[marciandmnd]

@jackwhit3
This solution works on Ubuntu 15.04

[KassPerf]

Thanks @jackwhit3 it works for me on my Mac 10.11.2

[SeanGo]

@jackwhit3 Thank You Very Much! it works on Centos7 x64

[wjazz3911]

Thanks @jackwhit3 it works for me on my Mac 10.10.1 and Chrome version must be >= 43.0.2357.0

[victorhazbun]

Thank you @jackwhit3, is there an alternative for "directConnect" ? Please let me know.

[Bretto]

"directConnect: true" solved my problem. Thanks man!

[ghost]

add directConnect: true to protractor.conf.js

[EoinGriffin-AI]

Didn't work for me. I'm already using directConnect: true
Currently blocked by this issue.

[EoinGriffin-AI]

Installing the latest Java 8 JRE using apt-get (Ubuntu) fixed this for me, although I don't know why. I already had the JDK installed.

[KeidyGibson01]

I use selenium webdriverjs and i have this same problem but I can not find the rotractor-conf.js

[gkalpak]

It is in /e2e-tests/protractor.conf.js.

[sankargorthi]

Was trying out the tutorial and ran into this today. Had to add this to e2e-tests.js/protractor.conf.js

directConnect: true

The tags in the tutorial don't have this change.

[mjohenneken]

If you search google for "Timed out waiting for Webdriver" this is the first result. I find it worth to mention, that this Error happens when you use Firefox > 47.0 with an Selenium version < 3.0.
That's because Firefox made some changes and the native FirefoxDriver doesn't work anymore. If you want to use the newest Firefox you have to use the Marionette driver.

[aniruddhadas9]

adding directConnect: true in protractor config file worked for me.

[anurbol]

In my case, chrome was not installed, installing helped: https://askubuntu.com/a/510186

[edgarechm]

Quick and easy question:
This URL: http://192.168.0.102:54508/wd/hub
Is a Local domain, the same as using 127.0.0.1? Where does it come from?